News - Sénat: rapport d'information sur la cyberdéfense

Sénat. Nouveau rapport d'information: "La cyberdéfense: un enjeu mondial, une priorité nationale".

Rapport d'information n° 681 (2011-2012) de M. Jean-Marie BOCKEL, fait au nom de la commission des affaires étrangères et de la défense, déposé le 18 juillet 2012. Rapport et documents annexés.

Premières réactions dans les médias:

En français

- Le Point.fr: "Cyberdéfense: les sénateurs ciblent la Chine".
- Le Point.fr: "En route vers la cyberdissuasion!"

- Reflets.info: "Cyberdéfense: le rapport Bockel rendu public".

- Réseaux-Telecoms.net: "Jean-Marie Bockel veut interdire les routeurs chinois".

- Le Nouvel Observateur: "La cyber-défense,'une priorité nationale' " 

- Le Figaro.fr: "Cybersécurité: le Sénat veut bloquer des produits chinois"
- PC INpact.fr: "Rapport Cyberdéfense: et si on interdisait les routeurs chinois en France?"
- La Tribune.fr: "Cyberdéfense: la France capable de lancer des attaques informatiques malveillantes"
- L'Express: "La France n'a pas les armes pour lutter contre la cybercriminalité"
- ZDNet: "La France doit-elle se doter de cyber-armes? Un rapport sénatorial le préconise"
- ZDNet: "Les équipementiers réseaux chinois bannis au nom de la sécurité nationale?"
- Global Security Mag: "Le sénateur Jean-Marie Bockel propose d’interdire les routeurs cœur de réseau chinois et met en avant la doctrine de cyberattaque française"
- L'Alsace.fr: "La France est mal préparée aux dangers de la cyberguerre"
- Clubic.com: "Le Sénat souhaite interdire les routeurs de coeur de réseau chinois"
- LeMagIT: "Rapport Bockel: la cyberdéfense doit être une priorité nationale et industrielle"
- Les Echos: "La cyberdéfense française doit être renforcée"
- Le Monde Informatique: "Jean-Marie Bockel prône un renforcement de la cyberdéfense française"
- Le Monde: "Le Sénat dresse un état des lieux des capacités de cyberdéfense françaises"
- Le Journal du Net: "Cybercriminalité: la France en danger face à la Chine"
- Reuters France: "La cyberdéfense française doit être renforcée - Rapport du Sénat"
- Bee Web Sec: "Rapport Bockel: état des lieux de la cyberdéfense française"
- JOL Press: "Jean-Marie Bockel: 'La France a de grandes lacunes en cybersécurité'" 
- ITespresso: "Cyberdéfense: le cas embarrassant d'Anonymous"
- LePoint.fr: "Cyberdéfense: les géants chinois répliquent au rapport Bockel"
- CNISMag: "Rapport Bockel: l'Anssi se soulève devant la Chine"

En anglais
- Market Success: "Cyber Defense: senators of France is targeting China"
- Schulemitbiss.com: "Cybersecurity: The Senate wants to block Chinese products"
- Century Direct Group Success: "France does not have enough military"
- SDA: "French Senate Cyber-Defence Report"
- PressTV: "Study shows France not prepared for cyber-attack" (video)
- At The Core: "Cybersecurity: The Senate wants to block Chinese products"
- Tomchop.me: "The Bockel Report"

En chinois
- MTrend.net: "网络安全：法国参议院要求禁用中国通信设备"
- bbs.c114.net: "法国上议院要求在欧洲范围内禁用中兴和华为的产品"

News - Chair on Cyber Defense and Cyber Security

The "Centre de recherche des Ecoles de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan" (CREC) set up a new Chair on Cyber Defense and Cyber Security. The project is co-funded by Thales Communications and Security, and by Sogeti.  The inauguration of the Chair took place in Paris on July 2, 2012. Daniel Ventre is the holder if this Chair.

See also:
- The ARES blog

News - Chaire Cyberdéfense et Cybersécurité

Le Centre de recherche des écoles de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan (CREC) a inauguré, le 2 juillet 2012, une chaire « Cyber Défense ». Cette chaire est cofinancée par Thales Communications & Security et Sogeti.

Quelques articles de présentation de la Chaire:

- Dossier de presse
- Site Ecoles de Saint-Cyr

- http://www.egeablog.net/dotclear/index.php?post/2012/07/03/Chaire-de-cyberd%C3%A9fense

- http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2012/07/02/20005-20120702ARTFIG00634-cyberdefense-un-enjeu-majeur-pour-les-armees.php

- http://www.opex360.com/2012/07/03/une-chaire-cyber-defense-a-saint-cyr/

News - Obama Ordered Use of Stuxnet, Acceleration of Cyber Attacks Against Iran

Author David Sanger Says President Obama Ordered Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran

According to a soon-to-be-released book by The New York Times' chief Washington correspondent, David Sanger, President Obama secretly ordered - and decided to accelerate - cyber attacks against systems that powered Iran’s prime nuclear enrichment facility, namely its Natanz plant. The famous attack, as we all know, was Stuxnet.... (read more)

News - Chicago Summit Declaration

Chapter concerning cyber issues, from the Chicago Summit Declaration, issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Chicago on 20 May 2012. 

"Cyber attacks continue to increase significantly in number and evolve in sophistication and complexity.  We reaffirm the cyber defence commitments made at the Lisbon Summit.  Following Lisbon, last year we adopted a Cyber Defence Concept, Policy, and Action Plan, which are now being implemented.  Building on NATO’s existing capabilities, the critical elements of the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) Full Operational Capability (FOC), including protection of most sites and users, will be in place by the end of 2012.  We have committed to provide the resources and complete the necessary reforms to bring all NATO bodies under centralised cyber protection, to ensure that enhanced cyber defence capabilities protect our collective investment in NATO.  We will further integrate cyber defence measures into Alliance structures and procedures and, as individual nations, we remain committed to identifying and delivering national cyber defence capabilities that strengthen Alliance collaboration and interoperability, including through NATO defence planning processes.  We will develop further our ability to prevent, detect, defend against, and recover from cyber attacks.  To address the cyber security threats and to improve our common security, we are committed to engage with relevant partner nations on a case-by-case basis and with international organisations, inter alia the EU, as agreed, the Council of Europe, the UN and the OSCE, in order to increase concrete cooperation.  We will also take full advantage of the expertise offered by the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Estonia".

News - Senate version of defense bill tackles cyber workforce, procurement

Senate version of defense bill tackles cyber workforce, procurement (via FCW)

The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, giving the green light for the bill to head to the upper chamber’s floor sometime in June or July. At $631 billion, the budget includes $3 billion more than President Obama’s original request…

News - New Cyber Czar

The next cyber czar: Who is Michael Daniel? (via FCW)

As might be fitting considering he comes from an intelligence role, Michael Daniel is something of a mystery to the wider federal IT community. Daniel, who joined the Office of Management and Budget in 1995, currently heads the agency’s intelligence branch in the National Security Division. That…